Chromium, the Mutable - Madness by CptLande

Format: Commander

Commander: Chromium, the Mutable

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Madness Midrange strategy that leverages discard synergies and the command zone presence of Chromium, the Mutable. The primary game plan focuses on establishing mana acceleration and card flow in the early turns, transitioning into midgame discard engines such as Bone Miser, Drake Haven, and Containment Construct. These engines convert discarded cards and madness spells into board presence, card draw, and removal. In the late game, Chromium enters with flash at an opponent's end step, serving as an uncounterable 7/7 flying clock and a free, instant-speed discard outlet. The deck controls opposing creature boards through asymmetric attrition tools like Archfiend of Ifnir and cheap madness interaction, while protecting its board state with an efficient counterspell suite. Without universal tutors or infinite combos, the deck relies on steady card filtering and combat pressure to close out games over several turn cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alms of the Vein
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Appa, Steadfast Guardian
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Archfiend of Spite
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Big Game Hunter
  • 1 Biting Rain
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bone Miser
  • 1 Call to the Netherworld
  • 1 Chromium, the Mutable
  • 1 Circular Logic
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Containment Construct
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptcaller Chariot
  • 1 Curator of Mysteries
  • 1 Curse of Fool's Wisdom
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dark Withering
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Drake Haven
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Dying to Serve
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Extraordinary Journey
  • 1 Feast of Sanity
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 From Under the Floorboards
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gorgon Recluse
  • 1 Grave Scrabbler
  • 1 Grisly Survivor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Just the Wind
  • 1 Kitchen Imp
  • 1 Klaw, Master of Sound
  • 1 Lazotep Chancellor
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Muck Drubb
  • 1 Murderous Compulsion
  • 1 Mystic Redaction
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nightshade Assassin
  • 1 Obelisk of Esper
  • 1 Obsessive Search
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Psychotic Episode
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Scrounging Skyray
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shadowgrange Archfiend
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strength of Isolation
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Urianger Augurelt
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Voldaren Pariah // Abolisher of Bloodlines
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Weirded Vampire
  • 1 Welcome to the Fold
  • 1 Wharf Infiltrator
  • 1 Zenith Seeker